While previously dismissed by analysts as a relatively stolid niche market, the popularity of e-readers during the 2009 holiday season - combined with the high - profile release of the Apple iPad, which features a baked - in e-reader-has led to something of an arms race
between competing products: as soon as one device undergoes a software or hardware update, it seems, the others feel duty - bound to introduce a new feature of their own.
Because a book is a unique offering, these discounts are not meant to encourage buyers to choose
between competing products as one might expect with, say, toothpaste.
Not exact matches
«We do not view the use of this lipoderm base to be a meaningful distinction
between your
product and the FDA - approved
product with which it
competes.
The case made by authors John Chubb and Terry Moe rests on the idea that poor academic performance is a
product of schools being under the direct control of democratic institutions, and that the remedy lay in a market - based approach that offered parents choice
between competing school options.
Concerning the XPLAY2, I think you make a good point, but there needs to be some substantial bridge
between their cellular
products and gaming
products because smartphones are already beginning to
compete with gaming systems, both portable and console.
In
between the more intimate sessions, Diamond held some «retail olympics» at general group gatherings where shop owners would
compete for some rare
products in speed contests to bag and board issues or look up old comic prices.
«Creating
products that
compete with low - cost passive offerings, such as strategic beta — a hybrid investment approach
between active and passive — appeals to active managers that struggle philosophically with managing both active and pure passive,» DeBolt continues.
«Due to the fragmented nature of the market, hotel apartments and guest houses tend to
compete with the economy hotel market, as there is a lack of differentiation
between the two
products from a consumer standpoint,» Sona said.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred and Chase Freedom cards are such different
products that they pair better as a team than
compete as rivals — particularly since there's very little overlap
between the two rewards programs.
The Experience: Philippine Airlines is
competing fiercely with low - cost carriers at home and in the region, as well as with full - service carriers on long - haul flights, making them somewhat of a hybrid: They are offering somewhat better
product and services at a price
between low - cost carriers and most full - service carriers for Economy Class.
Written by local experts in key jurisdictions, topics covered include: regulations governing direct distribution; potential restrictions, financial and tax considerations on foreign businesses» operations; distribution structures available to suppliers; regulation of relationships
between suppliers and distributors; restrictions on the distribution of
competing products; relevant consumer protection laws; restrictions on contractual choice of law, courts or arbitration tribunals; and dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration procedures and processes.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is spending some time in Canada this week, and yesterday he attended a hockey game and visited the Eaton Centre Apple Store in Toronto.Cook today stopped by the offices of Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify, where he spoke to the Financial Post about augmented reality apps and the HomePod.On the topic of the HomePod, Cook said that Apple's deep integration
between hardware and software will help to differentiate the smart speaker from
competing products like Amazon's Alexa and the Google Home.
«The huge rent difference
between those
product types means they aren't
competing in the same pool of renter prospects at all.»
In order to assess the likelihood of confusion, the court must consider the following factors: 1) the strength of the owner's mark; 2) the similarity
between the owner's mark and the alleged infringer's mark; 3) the degree to which the
products compete with each other; 4) the alleged infringer's intent to pass off its goods as those of the trademark owner; 5) incidents of actual confusion; and 6) whether the degrees of purchaser care can eliminate any likelihood of confusion which would otherwise exist.